Undergarment



N. LIPPMAN.

UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION HLD MAY 26, 3'21.

1,414,93 Patented May 2; 1922.

INVENTOR N. L/PPMAN WITNESSES Q ZdUwC/F/MM NATHAN LIIEIPIVIAN, 0FBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed May 26,

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN LIPPMAN, a citizen of the United States, andaresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Im provedUndergarment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The present invention has relation to garments, and refers moreparticularly to womens undergarments.

The invention-contemplates for one of its principal objects to combinewith an envelope chemise a pair of bloomers to produce in effect asubstantially one piece garment of highly attractive design.

The invention further contemplates the provision of an economically cutgarment which effects a saving in material and the ultimate cost to theconsumer in the purchase of two garments.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of acombination undergarment which includes an upper body covering portionand lower leg covering portions provided with a crotch opening, saidupper garment having depending closure flaps adapted for detachableassociation with each other and with the leg covering portions.

iVith the above recited and other objects in view the invention residesin the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as setforth in the following specification. pointed out in the appended claimsand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of a garment constructed in accordance with theinvention, illustrating the application of the same in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View taken approximately on the line33 of Fi 2.

fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the blanks from which the garment isformed.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the clo sure flaps.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the garmentcomprises an upper member 10 constituting a corset cover and 11 a lowermember constituting bloomers or a pair of leg covering portions. Thelower member or bloomers are provided with a. crotch opening 12 at theinner side edges of the leg members 13. A pair of depending closureflaps 1 are secured to the upper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 2, 1922.

1921. Serial N0. 472,753.

member 10 at the front and rear thereof, and the same are provided withdetachable means of association with each other at their freeextremities, said means being in the nature of separable fasteningelements 15. Similar elements 16 are provided for securing the sideedges of the flaps to the legs adjacent the crotch opening. The garmentmay be constructed in any desired manner, but in the preferredembodiment the same consists of front and rear members 17 which are ofidentical configuration, the same being cut from a single piece ofmaterial to form the upper member 10 and the legs 13 having the crotchopening 12 at the juncture of the inner side edges of the leg members.In practice the front and rear members are stitched to each other alongtheir outer edges 18 and the inner edges 19 of the leg members.Preferably the lower portion of the leg members are provided with anelastic band 20 for effecting radial contraction of the same about thelegs of the wearer to produce the bloomer effect. The closure flaps 14are secured by stitching the upper edges 21 to the upper member of thegarment immediately above the crotch opening 12 whereby the same willdepend therefrom in a proper position to cover the same.

It will thus be seen that a simple and inexpensive, yet highlyattractive and comfortable garment is provided which takes the place oftwo garments and performs the function thereof in a more eflicientmanner.

While there has been illustrated and de scribed a single and preferredembodiment of the invention no limitation is necessarily made to theprecise structural details as it is to be understood that variations andmodifications which properly fall within the scope of the appended claimmay be resorted to when found expedient.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

NATHAN LIPPMAN.

